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COMMENTARY

Right? Left? Neither!

Howell EA, Chassin MR. AHRQ WebM&M [serial online]. May 2006.

COMMENTARY

A common body of care: the ethics and politics of teamwork in the operating theater are inseparable.

Bleakley A. J Med Philos. 2006;31:305-322.

STUDY

Observational assessment of surgical teamwork: a feasibility study.

Undre S, Healey AN, Darzi A, Vincent CA. World J Surg. 2006;30:1774-1783.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Costly issues of an uncommunicative OR.

Neil R. Mat Manage Health Care. March 2006;15:30-33.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

When surgery goes wrong: weighing up the risks.

Feinmann J. The Independent. November 14, 2006.

COMMENTARY

Defining the technical skills of teamwork in surgery.

Healey AN, Undre S, Vincent CA. Qual Saf Health Care. 2006;15:231-234.

REVIEW

Communication devices in the operating room.

Ruskin KJ. Curr Opin Anaesthesiol. 2006;19:655-659.

ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY/GUIDELINES

Statement on the prevention of retained foreign bodies after surgery.

Bulletin of the American College of Surgeons; October 2005.

COMMENTARY

Wrong site surgery.

Fraser SG, Adams W. Br J Ophthalmol. 2006;90:814-816.

STUDY

Getting teams to talk: development and pilot implementation of a checklist to promote interprofessional communication in the OR.

Lingard L, Espin S, Rubin B, et al. Qual Saf Health Care. 2005;14:340-346.

STUDY

Attitudes to teamwork and safety in the operating theatre.

Flin R, Yule S, McKenzie L, Paterson-Brown S, Maran N. Surgeon. June 2006;4:145-151.

STUDY

Error or "act of God"? A study of patients' and operating room team members' perceptions of error definition, reporting, and disclosure.

Espin S, Levinson W, Regehr G, Baker GR, Lingard L. Surgery. 2006;139:6-14.

STUDY

Error, stress, and teamwork in medicine and aviation: cross sectional surveys.

Sexton JB, Thomas EJ, Helmreich RL. BMJ. 2000;320:745-749.

COMMENTARY

Around the Block.

Minichiello T. AHRQ WebM&M [serial online]. March 2005.

COMMENTARY

'Balancing risk, that is my life': The politics of risk in a hospital operating theatre department.

McDonald R, Waring J, Harrison S. Health Risk Soc. 2005;7:397-411.

STUDY

Failures in communication and information transfer across the surgical care pathway: interview study.

Nagpal K, Arora S, Vats A, et al. BMJ Qual Saf. 2012;21:843-849.

STUDY

A human factors analysis of technical and team skills among surgical trainees during procedural simulations in a simulated operating theatre.

Moorthy K, Munz Y, Adams S, Pandey V, Darzi A. Ann Surg. 2005;242:631-639.

STUDY

Use of briefings and debriefings as a tool in improving team work, efficiency, and communication in the operating theatre.

Bethune R, Sasirekha G, Sahu A, Cawthorn S, Pullyblank A. Postgrad Med J. 2011;87:331-334.

STUDY

Causes of near misses: perceptions of perioperative nurses.

Cohoon B. AORN J. 2011;93:551-565.

STUDY

Communication failures in the operating room: an observational classification of recurrent types and effects.

Lingard L, Espin S, Whyte S, et al. Qual Saf Health Care. 2004;13:330-334.

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